a tree grows in brooklyn

I've read more than 100 pages in A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Francie is a young girl that struggles to thrive in Brooklyn, her hometown. So far, the book is about Francie's family. Its amazing how each one fo them have a brilliant story behind them. Most of them are really sad, but each of them have found a light of hope and continues to fight. For example, Francie's mom "stole" her best friend's boyfriend, Johnny Nolan. He was the man that she wanted and spoke to him everyday after work. And after a while, they both confessed their love to each other. Unfortunately, her best friend never spoke to her again. Also, there was a part in the book tha brought my attention. Francie's mom put 5 cents into a tin can every day. By doing this, she could save a lot of money. But because of one reason or another, there was always someone taking money out. For food, clothes, or medicine. Anyways, I've decided to do this also. From now on, I'm going to put 50 cents in a piggy bank every week and see how much I can save up !

Symbolic Figure.

Today, Ms. Faughey was talking about finding symbolic figures in our independent reading books. Our assignment was to find a symbol in our books that represnets something and to post it up on our blog. so here it is. In my independent reading book, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith, there are a lot of symbols. But, I tink this is the most important one. Like in the title, it's the tree that sprouts and grows disgarding the fact of the hard cement floor and the harsh living conditions. I think the tree represent the main character of the book. Growing in brooklyn with a father that was always drunk, amother that scrubbed other people's floors, a brother that didn't let her tag along, and always having a hungry stomach, was like the cements for her. She had to struggle and reach for the sky. In the book, it said," Born into this world of sorrow; born for suffering and hardship." (pg.81, Smith.) This shows how many predicted her future and knew how hard it would be.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I've decided to read a new book called A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I like fantasy books, but I also enjoy reading books that are sweet and changing. I've only read on chapter to this story, but I find it intersting. In the first chapter, it talked about how a tree grows out of cement and "struggles to reach the sky." After the tree grew in a place, suprisingly, that section would become a tenement distirct. The author described the tree like this. "That was the kind of tree it was. It liked poor people." She also called it the tree of heaven. Such a nice name :)

Howl's Moving Castle (End).

It's only been a short while since I've started Howl's moving castle, but I've finished it. It's a real page turner and I couldn't stop reading! I think seeing the movie first helped me visualize the characters better. Although the beginning of the movie and the book were the same, the ending was completely different. The only same thing was the happy ending :) This story is about a old woman in search of a new life after being put under a spell by the wicked witch of the waste. She sets off because she's tired of her old life and afriad that her family wouldn't recognize her. She expects her life to be peaceful and dull not that sh's old, but what she finds instead is love, courage, and a new life with the most amazing people she's ever met. I would really recommend this to everyone because whether they like fantasy books or not, it's truly a book that will warm your heart and make your imagination come alive again.